Icebergs A Sight of Immense Masses in Atlantic Travel
The iceberg season of 1900 begins with sighting a huge ice mass near Newfoundland as ocean liners traverse North Atlantic lanes. Icebergs form from ancient fresh water, drift south from Arctic waters, and pose great navigation danger. In 1894 the Miranda collided with an iceberg near Belle Isle, later learning an iceberg can reach 800 feet high with five acres area and a footprint vast enough to dwarf Trinity Church steeple.
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Columbian
Newfoundland
America
Europe
North Atlantic Ocean
Arctic
Melville Sound
Labrador
Greenland
Belle Isle
Cape Hatteras
Azores
Iceland
Arctic Ocean
Nova Zembia
Miranda
Straits of
St. John’s
Davis Strait
Trinity Church
New York
Washington Monument
Gulf Stream
New York Herald
Lawyer Must Always Study Belief of E President Harrison
The article notes E President Harrison holds the view that lawyers should study law all their lives. He dedicates daily time to text books, with the watch ticking inside and the bed outside symbolizing constant study.
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Harrison
Libby Brand Wins Grand Prix at Paris Exposition
Libby McNeil Libby of Chicago wins Grand Prix d Honneur and two gold medals from the International Jury of Awards at Paris Exposition for canned foods purity and excellence. In America Libby products are noted as highest standard in meat preservation and have earned top US awards for two decades. Libby firm offers free booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat by postal request. Professor Henry F Osborn named paleontologist to succeed the late O C Marsh at the United States Geological Survey and will oversee vertebrate paleo logy monograph completion.
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Libby, McNeil & Libby
Chicago
America
Libby, McNeill & Libby
United States
Ill
Henry F. Osborn
O. C. Marsh
United States Geological Survey
Marsh
Osborn
New St Paul Official F A Miller Named General Passenger Agent
F A Miller brother of Roswell P Miller and long time assistant becomes general passenger agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system effective October 15 1900 to replace George H Heafford who recently resigned. Miller known in railway circles began as a clerk in 1883 and rose through the ranks at the St Paul system. Christopher Langdell Harvard law dean 74 years old with failing eyesight is noted in the piece.
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F. A. Miller
Roswell P. Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
George H. Heafford
Miller
St. Paul
Marquette
Messrs. Marsh and
Merrill
Mr. Miller
Harford
Christopher Columbus Langdell
Harvard Law School
Cure a Cold in One Day With Brom Quinine Tablets
An old advert claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in a day and offers a money back guarantee signed by E. W. Grove. It also absurdly suggests skinning a tree to remove its bark, claiming the method works on dogs.
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E. W. Grove
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as Fever Remedy
The advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as an iron and quinine drink that cures chills and fevers. It claims no cure no pay and lists a price of 0a. It warns that overindulgence at night leads to morning regret.
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Grove
Salesmen Wanted for Tobacco Works Co Bedford City Va
Two honest reliable men sought for sales positions. experience not essential. Salary and expenses paid. Ad content cites Putnam faded dyes and various product mentions. Local reader notes include a Va address and dated testimonial from February 10 1900.
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Po.caboutas Tobacco Works Co
Bedford City
Prince collects pens from Victorian authors and Stevenson inkstand
The Prince of Wales has been collecting pens from famous Victorian writers. His trove includes pens once owned by Tennyson Browning Swinburne and Hardy, as well as fifty or sixty more, and a curious inkstand formerly owned by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Prince of Wales
Tennyson
Browning
Swinburne
Hardy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Katy Flyer Souvenir Offer From Missouri Kansas Texas Railway
James Barker of the G. P. & T. A. in St Louis announces a paid souvenir for readers to remind riders the Katy Flyer runs between St Louis and the Gulf. The pen knife token costs twenty five cents due to its production cost and will be mailed separately to editors or subscribers who request it.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
St. Louis
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas City
Hannibal
Sedalia
Ft. Scott
Nevada
Parsons
Denison
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Waco
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
James Barker
Soldier Walter Houston Leaves $12000 to Wisconsin Veterans Home
Walter Houston an elderly veteran who died in Utica Wisconsin left twelve thousand dollars to the Veterans Home at Waupaca Wisconsin. He had visited the home disguised as a tramp soldier and was struck by its kindness prompting the bequest to support the institution after his death.
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Walter Houston
Utica
Wis
Veterans’ Home
Waupaca
Mayor Mott Sees Auto Trolley Value Diminished on Rough Roads
Mayor Mott reports that the auto traction car aiding the French army commissariat would be of no use on rough American roads. The machine, drawing six or seven heavily laden cars, proved valuable during maneuvers with the French army.
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Mayor Mott
United States
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Health Patent Remedy
An advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural bowel remedy for a wide range of ailments. It promises painless, easy digestion and claims to start health improvement for 10 cents, warning to beware of imitations and noting the tablets are stamped with C. C. on metal boxes.
Royal Ailments Blink Smooths for Two Leaders
The Prince of Wales and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy both suffer a nervous facial muscle condition that causes the left eye to blink constantly. Insiders notice the condition is hardly apparent to those who know them, but strangers find it unsettling when they speak.
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Prince of Wales
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Are You Using Allen's Foot Fase Cure Notice
Swollen smarting burning sweating feet and bunions relief advertised for Allen's Foot-Ease powder. Shake into shoes for quick comfort. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Sample free with address to Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Ireland Sees Cropland Expansion in 1900 Report
New figures from K. P. Coyne show Ireland's under crops total rising by 31 000 acres in 1900, contrasting England where land is declining. The Agricultural Department's statistics highlight a positive trend in Irish cropland and potential yields.
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England
Ireland
K. P. Coyne
Department of Agriculture
Bayonet Name Traced to Bayonne Knives in Gun Ends
The bayonet traces its origin to Basque troops at Bayonne who, short on ammunition, fixed long-handled knives into gun barrels and fought with them. This gave rise to the term bayonet from Bayonne.
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Bayonne
Starch Grain Alternating Layers Revealed by Dyes
H Kraemer identified alternating layers in starch grains using aniline and iodine. A colloid-rich, crystalloid-poor layer alternates with a crystalloid-rich, colloid-poor layer, indicating distinct internal strata.
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H. Kraemer
Teething Syrup and Misc Goods Advert From Aged Copy
A fragment lists Mrs Winslow s Footing Syrup for teething pain gums and wind colic at 20c a bottle. It adds notes on talking well hair care Parcen s Hair Dye and Hin DEROCORNS as corn cures. A contrast is drawn between rich and poor travel and a Kentucky Belle chewing Me Gum with no silver lining mentioned.
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
Medical advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the internal remedy. It claims the medicine treats blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $1000 reward for failure to cure, and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Te. Hall
Chinese minister praised as scholar in London
Sir Chichen Lofengluh the Chinese minister in London is described as a distinguished scholar despite harsh criticism of the Bible as literature. He names Longfellow as the greatest American poet and ranks Herbert Spencer beside Confucius.
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Chichen Lofengluh
London
Longfellow
Nerbert Spencer
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure Promises Cure for Female Weakness
Mrs J R Faver of Atlanta reports six months of severe female weakness ended after a month with Smith's Sure Kidney Cure. She credits the remedy and a physician’s approval with her full recovery. Price 50 cents. available from druggists.
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Smith
J. R. Faver
Atlanta
Urban share by country percentage snapshot
The data lists city population shares for several nations: Great Britain 54 percent, Australia 41 percent, Holland 38 percent, Germany 30 percent, United States 29 percent, Canada 28.7 percent, Belgium 27 percent, France 24 percent, Italy 17 percent, and Russia 10 percent. The figures illustrate international urbanization disparities.
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Great Britain
Australia
Holland
Germany
United States
Canada
Belgium
France
Italy
Russia
Seawanhaka Cup Challenger Plans For Lake St Louis
Lorne Campbell Currie of Glasgow and Island Sailing Club Cowes competes for Britain in the Seawanhaka cup to be sailed on Lake St Louis near Montreal next season.
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Lorne Campbell Currie
Royal Northen Yacht Club
Glasgow
Professor predicts English to dominate world speech
Berlin scholar Dr. Rietz argues that English will become the sole language of civilized people across the globe. He points to its rapid spread in America Australia India and South Africa as evidence.
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Rietz
Berlin
America
Australia
India
South Africa
You Need Toning Up with Wolfe’s Aromatic Schnapps
An old advertisement urges toning up with Wolfe’s Aromatic Schnapps for malaria fever ague torpid liver debility and kidney bladder troubles. It promotes the tonic for chronic rheumatism dropsy cramps colic and various female diseases and claims physicians recommend it.
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Wolfe
Texas
Wire thefts plague Philadelphia trolley system
Thefts of trolley wire occur nightly in Philadelphia with reports of 500 feet of feed wire an inch thick cut and removed on a suburban road while street lamps shone and cars passed nearby.
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Philadelphia
Profitable Employment Offer From Fort Dearborn Pub Co
A permanent paying position is offered to both ladies and gentlemen with no upfront cost. For details, send your request to The Fort Dearborn Pub. Co. at 414 Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL.
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Fort Dearborn
Golfers Puzzle Over Hidden Driving Clues
In a round marked by puzzling decisions, players key on unclear drives as spectators seek meaning behind misdirections. Officials urge focus on the course and steady play despite the enigmatic tactics.
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